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Abyss of Shadows
- An underground chasm that divides the Kingdom
of the Trolls from the subterranean Cavern of the Norns.
It is apparently bottomless. Ulik the Troll, once hurtling down the abyss, found the
Cave of Ages which opened out onto it.
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- Adamantine
- Magical metal found in Olympus which is nearly
indestructible.
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- Aesir - ay-zihr
- The generic name given to the Norse gods.
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- Alfheim - al-fime
- 1st appearance:
Thor #277
- The dwelling place of only one class of
Elves - the
Light Elves
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- Althing
- Held in Thingvellir.
The Althing was generally held once a year, but would also be called in times
of judgment. It was many things - town meeting, trial, and trade fair.
Gnives called for a
Weird at the Althing, and named the cost to the gods for the life of his
son Holth.
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- Asgard
- history of Asgard
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- Asgard, City of
- Capital city of the land of Asgard,
and home of the major gods of Earthly legend. The Rainbow Bridge
Bifrost leads to the city gates.
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- Asgard, Kingdom of
- The land surrounding and encompassing the city of Asgard, nestled within the Asgard
Mountains and the Sea of Marmora. Except for the
densely-populated city of Asgard, the kingdom is a rolling
green meadow dotted with small farms.
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- Asgard Mountains
- The ring of high, barren mountains encircling the kingdom of Asgard. The outer fringes are inhabited
by mountain giants, and the region underneath
is inhabited by the Dwarfs under
King Sindri.
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- Astraglia
- 1st appearance:
Thor #340
Tanker off the coast of Cape Cod that is destroyed by
Fafnir.
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- Atom Displacer
- 1st appearance:
Thor #286
Device used by
Deviants to disperse the molecules of a person or thing, the only way to
kill an
Eternal.
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- Avalanches, Valley of
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery #111
The last obstacle that Balder once had to cross to reach the home of
Hardol the Healer in the far south, to save
Jane Foster's life.
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- Beacon of the Brave
- 1st appearance:
Thor Annual #2
Resting at the top of the Mount of Eternity.
It is lit when Odin summons everyone from all the
Nine Worlds.
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- Beast-Fish
- 1st appearance:
Thor #128
Monstrous amphibians that live in the Sea of
Marmora, and are hunted by Asgardians for sport, using
reel-rifles.
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- Belnord Arms
- 1st appearance:
Thor #309
Apartment complex that was targeted by the
Bombardiers to be destroyed
after the Savoy Hotel. They were stopped by
Thor and Amos.
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- Belt of Strength
- see Megingjord
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- Belts of Bemusement
- 1st appearance:
Thor #286
Restraint used by
Deviants to keep prisoners docile
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Bifrost - buy-frost
- The transdimensional Rainbow
Bridge connecting Midgard (Earth) and Asgard.
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- Bill's Diner
- 1st appearance:
Thor v3 #2
Diner owned and operated by Bill's
family, and general meeting place for the small Oklahoma town.
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- Bilskirnir
- A hall that has 540 doors and is the 'greatest of
buildings', and belongs to Thor.
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- Bird of Prey
- 1st appearance:
Thor #257
Pirate starship, captained by the Grey Gargoyle
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- Black Galaxy
- 1st appearance:
Thor #131
The birth place of Ego.
It is not actually a galaxy, but a living bioverse. This was the only
thing that the Rigellians feared.
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- Black Pyramid
- 1st appearance:
Thor #390
Gigantic black pyramid that serves as Seth's base
in his dimension of death.
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- Black Stars
- 1st appearance:
Thor #217
Series of five gigantic star-sized planets that
travel through the universe consuming other worlds of fuel.
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- Blackwood Seminary
- 1st appearance:
Thor #330
Founded by Arthur Blackwood's great
grandfather, but it was run by
Father William Boylan.
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- Blackworld
- 1st appearance:
Thor #195
An extra-dimensional world resembling Earth, but where historical developments that took
centuries on Earth occurred within hours
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- Boiling Plain
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery
#110
- A volcanic plain located south of the Asgard Mountains, on which the forces of
Odin suffered their
one and only defeat at the hands of Rivvak the Fearless.
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- Book of Ages
- 1st appearance:
Thor #163
Book of all ancient knowledge.
Odin once
looked for the secret of Galactus in it to no avail.
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- Book of Conduct
- 1st appearance:
Thor #312
Ancient book of Asgardian laws, many of them forgotten
and no longer followed, but are still binding.
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- Book of Enchanters
- 1st appearance:
Thor #129
Book that contains the prophecy of the
Day of the Three Worlds. Not much
is known about it, although it is speculated that it was written by one, if
not all, of the Enchanters (Magnir,
Forsung,
Brona, and Enrakt).
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- Boulder Road
- A hellishly hot trail leading north through Skornheim.
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- Bridge of Winds
- 1st appearance:
Thor #210
Rock bridge in the kingdom of the Trolls, where
massive winds blow through.
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- Broxton, Oklahoma
- 1st appearance:
Thor vol 3 #1
Small town in Oklahoma just west of Oklahoma City, where
Thor has restored Asgard.
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- Broxton Town Hall
- 1st appearance:
Thor v3 #5
Town Hall in Broxton where the
Asgardians were invited for a town meeting so they could get to know
one another.
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- C-Bomb
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into
Mystery #102
A device that guards the Master Computer.
It stands for Cell Bomb, because it surrounds the person, and increases the
gravity until they can no longer move
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- Cask of Sovereignity
- 1st appearance:
Thor #264
Chest containing Odin's laws, written on scrolls.
Loki forged one
and placed in inside the Cask, while Odin was in the
Odinsleep
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- Casket of Ancient
Winters
- 1st appearance:
Thor #345
Ancient casket containing the combined powers of all the previous winters.
Opening it can send the world into essentially a new ice age.
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- Castle of Loki
- 1st appearance:
Thor #344
Loki's home where the final trail is marked by
dragonheads. To reach it you must go through the
Living Landslide, the
Forbidden Forest, and finally across the
Deadly Desert.
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- Castle of Slaggnbir
- 1st appearance:
Thor #368
Floating castle of the Troll
Slaggnbir. Uglitha would
point unwary travelers down a path where
Kossi, Unn, and
Gertha would take the forms of
beautiful women and ensnare them and eventually kill them.
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Catacombs of Asgard
- Ancient rooms and tunnels that honeycomb the ground beneath Asgard.
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- Cave of Thor's Hammer
- A cave off the coast of Norway, where
Gaea, Thor's mother, went when
she gave birth to Thor. This is also the same cave where
Odin later placed the
walking stick that was the disguised Mjolnir, and where
Don Blake later found it and
discovered his true heritage.
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- Caves of Ages
- A cave hollowed in the deepest part of Asgard,
probably as deep as Surtur is buried, in which
Odin, ages ago, had imprisoned the
Mangog.
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- Cavern of Time
- A cave in the mountains on the border of
Jotunheim
which contains strange transtemporal passages to other times and dimensions.
Thor
once emerged from the Cavern in the midst of the Trojan War, 4,000 years ago.
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- Chest of Strength
- 1st appearance:
Thor v2 #45
It lies at the bottom of the Crimson Waters, and contains a
magic mirror that reflects the inner soul
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- Coals of the Cosmos
- 1st appearance:
Thor #184
Enchanted brazier which can conjure images of
anywhere in the universe and it envelops you entirely so it appears you are
actually there.
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- Cobalt Cannon
- 1st appearance:
Thor #268
Flying cannon, created by Damocles, using synthetic cobalt. It
fired blasts with enough concussive force, that it even knocked
Thor out.
But synthetic cobalt is unstable, and it caused the cannon to explode.
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- Columbian
Airlines flight 53
- 1st appearance:
Thor #283
Flight over the Andes Mountains that was captured by
Gammenon the Gatherer. It's pilots were
Phil and
Dave and
Nancy was the stewardess. Among
the passengers were Johnson and
Ereshkigal in human disguise.
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- Compellor Beam
- 1st appearance:
Thor #134
Device used by the Rigellians to
place someone in custody, much like handcuffs. It forces a person to go
where the user wants.
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- Costa Verde
- 1st appearance:
Thor #246
Small South American country that is undergoing a revolution led by
El Lobo to overthrow
President Elmirez.
The Gypsy uses a mystic stone to put
Firelord and Thor under her spell to help them
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- Crimson Hand
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery
#118
A magical red glove given to Thor by
Morduk, that when worn, and you grasp the hand of another, both
people are compelled to tell only the truth. Thor used this to uncover a
plot by Loki to have him assassinated.
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- Crimson Waters
- 1st appearance:
Thor v2 #45
A pool that is somewhere in Jotunheim. It is said that they
are named that because they are heavy with the blood of those that have died in
Jotunheim.
At it's bottom lies the Chest of Strength
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- Crowbar of the Wrecker
- Wrecker's crowbar
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- Crystal of
Transference
- 1st appearance:
Thor #308
Mystic crystal that whatever happens to a model inside the globe, happens in
reality.
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- Crystals, Glade of
- A pleasant valley in Gundersheim, in
which there is a gateway to the universe of the being called the
Unknown.
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- Damascus Steel
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery #120
Foundry in Pittsburgh where Thor reforged
Mjolnir. Later owned by
Mr Braedon, a former worker,
Thor rented it to forge his
Asgardian battle
armor.
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Dark Man, Domain of the
- A province in the distant Nastrond where a
man embodying "fear" once dwelled.
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- Dark Nebula
- 1st appearance:
Thor #214
Desolate area of space that no explorers have
returned from. It is where Thor and the
Asgardians finally found
Sif, as
a prisoner of Xorr, the
God-Jewel
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- Dark Sea
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery #116
An ocean reachable by crossing the Sea of
Space. The lands of King Mirmir and King Hymir both border on it. Also called the Sea of Eternal Darkness.
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- Day of the Three
Worlds
- 1st appearance:
Thor #129
Prophecy written in the Book of Enchanters that states that "In three
worlds shall the God of Thunder stake all - on behalf of another".
Thor
must wait in Limbo until the whispering wind leads him to where he needs to be
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- Deadly Desert
- 1st appearance:
Thor #344
After the Forbidden Forest on the trail to the
Castle of Loki. Leagues of desert where
sandstorms rage constantly and no water is to be found, and it is filled with
pitfalls.
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- Development
Researchers, Inc.
- 1st appearance:
Thor #303
Front company for Angelo Simoni's
mob, that's trying to force Father
Coza from his church so they can demolish it.
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- Doomsday Star
- 1st mentioned:
Thor #255
Foreboding star that shines only night and blots out hope. It is
encircled by a gigantic wall in space, with cosmic storms above and below.
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- Doorway To All the Worlds
- 1st appearance:
Thor #129
Mystic portal that Odin sends
Thor through to wait out the prophecy of
the Day of the Three Worlds
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- Dragonfang
- Valkyrie's sword Dragonfang
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- Dromisana Galaxy
- 1st appearance:
Thor #135
Distant galaxy where the High Evolutionary
sent the Man-Beast and his evil followers, in
the hopes that they might create their own civilization.
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- Draupnir - drowp-near
- 1st appearance:
Thor #276
A fabulous gold arm-ring, from which eight equally heavy rings drip
every ninth night, made, by the dwarfs Brokk and Eitri for
Odin at the same time as they
forged other wondrous gifts for
Frey and
Thor.
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- Dunes of Jennia
- 1st appearance:
Thor:Son of Asgard #4
Stretch of desert that surrounds the Mines
of Jennia
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- Dungeon of No Escape
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery #118
Dungeon in the bottom of Asgard.
Loki is ordered to be locked up here while
Odin undergoes the Odinsleep,
and Thor is beset by the
Destroyer
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- Dwarfs, Kingdom of the
- This underground kingdom is located near Asgard
in the Asgard Mountains. The
Dwarfs make all of
Asgard's enchanted weapons, and even fashioned Mjolnir, Thor's
hammer. Though in the past, they had entered into secret alliance with the
Trolls,
the Dwarfs are now
Asgard's allies.
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Einherjar - ine-herry-aah
- The dead warriors who inhabit the mighty hall Valhalla and who pass their time in feasting and continual fighting,
as they wait for the final battle at Ragnarok, when they will turn
out to fight on behalf of the Aesir.
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- Elixir of Recovery
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into
Mystery #124
Potion that helps Asgardians recover from injury quickly
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- Enchanted Chasm
- A deep gorge that separates Asgard
from Valhalla and Hel in the North.
Filled with perilous mists, it serves as a frontier between the lands of the dead and
other regions.
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- Enchanted Dragon Horn of Asgard
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into
Mystery #104
Gigantic horn which has been silent for ages, until blown by
Agnar the
Fierce
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- Enchanted Forrest
- A large wood beyond the Asgard Mountains,
bordering on the Sea of Marmora. Through it winds the
path which Idunn, goddess of immortality, takes to Asgard
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Enchanted Rod of Wondrous Wizard Power
- 1st Appearance:
Thor #137
A powerful mystic rod, used by Mogul, to
perform virtually any feat of magic.
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- Endless Desert
- 1st appearance:
Thor #374
A vast stretch of desert. Crossed by Balder
in his quest to find Wyrd.
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- Endless Flame, Swamps of
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery #111
An area bordering the Flaming Chasm on
the south, which is the road to
Hardol the Healer.
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- Eternal Darkness, Sea of
- See Dark Sea
Eternal Flame - 1st appearance:
Thor #349
Mystical flame that cannot be extinguished. It was stolen from
Surtur by Odin,
Vili, and
Ve at the dawn of time so that
Surtur could not light his sword and bring about
Ragnarok.
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Eternal Night, Sea of
- 1st appearance:
Thor #176
A pocket area within the dimension of death.
Anything that goes there is aged to the point of death - even
Asgardians.
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- Eye of Horus
- 1st appearance:
Thor #326
Egyptian artifact stolen from the Museum of Antiquities in Cairo.
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Fear, Sea of
- Another ocean reachable by crossing the Sea
of Space, in which are located the Pillars of Utgard and the Stone Hive of Thryheim.
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- Fimbul-winter
- The Fimbul-winter will consist of three harsh winters in a row,
without any intervening season, heralding the beginning of Ragnarok.
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- Fire of Geirrodur
- 1st appearance:
Thor #276
Mystic flame, in which Odin placed a portion of
Thor's essence. Odin
then kept this in case Thor himself was unable to
fight on the day of Ragnarok, someone else could be
infused with his essence, so that there would always be a
Thor on that final day.
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- Firesword
- 1st appearance:
Thor #207
A mystical flaming sword that is powered by the
life-force of captured humans that Loki has enthralled.
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- Fjornor Fields
- 1st appearance:
Thor:Son of
Asgard #7
Training area inside the city of Asgard.
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- Flaming Chasm
- Also known as the Molten Chasm. A long crack in the earth
filled with flame that separates the land of Skornheim and the
home of Hardol the Healer from the rest of the world.
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- Forbidden Forest
- 1st appearance:
Thor #344
After the Living Landslide on the trail to the
Castle of Loki. Where living trees and
vines lure the unwary with the pleasant scent into their deadly embrace.
After the forest, you had to cross the Deadly Desert.
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- Forces of Darkness
- 1st appearance:
Thor #277
Legions of Trolls,
Demons, and
Giants, that will be led by
Loki to attack Asgard on the
day of Ragnarok.
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- Fourth Dimension
- 1st appearance:
Thor #208
The "Fourth Dimension" is a world that somehow became reversed in polarity -
stars turned black and the sky a brilliant white - and began to die. In desperation,
the people of that world sent an emissary to Earth to steal our planet's magnetic field in
the hope that this would stabilize their existence, but that plan was foiled by
Thor. See also
Mercurio and here.
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- Futhark
- see Runes
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Geirrodur, Kingdom of -
gear-o-duhr
- A vast stretch of wasteland, stretching north of Skornheim and south of Hindi, in which the Mystic Mountain and its hidden city of Zanadu
are situated.
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- Ginnungagap
- A beguiling void at the beginning of the world from which all thing
sprang.
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- Gjallarbru - gyarlr-brew
- 1st mentioned:
Thor #360
The bridge which is used to cross the river Gjoll,
into the land of Hel, and is guarded by
Modgud. This is where
Skurge the Executioner died defending the backs of
Thor and his party, while attempting to
free souls from Hela's realm.
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- Gjallerhorn -
gyaller-horn
- 1st appearance:
Thor #274
The horn which Heimdall blows to mark the beginning of Ragnarok
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- Gjoll - gyoll
- 1st mentioned:
Thor #360
The river which borders the land of Hel and can
only by crossed by the bridge Gjallarbru, which is guarded by
Modgud, who prevents anyone from leaving Hel
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- Glowing Boulder Road
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery #116
One of the perils of Skornheim. It is a road
that reflects the sun and burns with unbearable heat.
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- Golden Bull
- 1st appearance:
Thor #146
Gigantic golden statue of a bull, that weighs 5 tons. It was
unearthed by archaeologists, but no one knows it's origins.
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- Golden Star
- 1st appearance:
Thor #212
A planetoid where the Asgardians were taken as
slaves.
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- Gopul River
- A river just outside the City of Asgard
which leads northward to the land of Valhalla.
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- Grasscutter Sword
- see here
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- Graviton Bomb
- 1st appearance:
Thor #281
Device used the Space Phantoms. They
increase local gravity akin to that of a neutron star.
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- Gravitron
- 1st appearance:
Thor #255
Device used to power the Kronan's
ships. It is also able to be converted into a weapon
Or see here
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- Great Games
- 1st appearance:
Thor Annual #2
Games held by Odin in Asgard.
Using the Beacon of the Brave, everyone is
summoned from all the Nine Worlds for the great
prize of suits of golden armor. The warriors are arranged into two
teams, both with a pennant. The first team whose pennant falls to the
ground loses. The use of magic and spells are forbidden, only steel and
a good strong arm. The losers have chance to regain the pennant by right
of personal challenge.
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- Gundershelm -
goon-der-shehlm
- A land bordering the Kingdom of Asgard,
under which is the Kingdom of the Trolls.
It contains the Glade of Crystals, where
Thor was sent to capture the
Unknown
after it had escaped.
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- Gungnir - goong-near
- 1st appearance:
Thor #275
Gungnir
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- Gymirsgard -
guy-meers-guard
- 1st appearance:
Thor Annual #2
A very distant land, located far to the south and west, about which
little is known, save that its inhabitants are friendly to Asgard.
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Hades
- 1st appearance:
Thor #130
This is the underworld of the Olympians, where the dead spend eternity.
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- Harokin, Kingdom of
- Harokin, a warrior who bore a striking resemblance to
Thor except
for his brown hair, once ruled a kingdom in the far south. Once he invaded Muspelheim and sacked the Temple of Mystics. obtaining the
Warlock's Eye, with which he conquered an outpost in
Asgard itself. He was defeated
by Thor, mortally wounded, and taken by
Hela to Valhalla.
- Hel
- 1st appearance:
Thor #176
- The land of Hela, goddess of death. It borders on Valhalla, and for a time Hela annexed the land of the honored dead to
her own colder and gloomier realm. She has since relinquished Valhalla.
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- Heliopolis
- 1st appearance:
Thor #240
Heliopolis is the home of the gods of ancient Egypt. To mortal eyes, the realm seems
to take the form of a golden path through space.
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- Hidden Hills
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into
Mystery #104
A desolate area of Asgard, where nothing has grown since
a dragon
breathed his fiery breath upon the land. When they were young,
Odin sent
Thor, Balder, and
Sif on a quest. One of their tasks was to get a scale
from the dragon Hakurei, that lived
here.
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- Hindi
- A mysterious barren land in the east.
Thor, Hogun,
Fandral and
Volstagg once sought out the hermit
Wazir in their search for Zanadu.
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- Hlidskjalf -
h-lid-ski-yalf
- 1st appearance:
Thor #338
The seat on which
Odin sits in his hall, Valaskjalf, and from which he can observe all the worlds. Sometimes known as Hildstalf.
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- Hogun's Land
- A small, verdant land separated by a mountain range from the Glowing
Desert. It had been conquered by
Mogul from the Mystic
Mountain, but was liberated by Thor and
Hogun.
- Hopsickle
- 1st appearance:
Thor #371
Vehicle of choice for Justice
Peace. Features a variety of weapons and restraint devices, as well
as the capacity to respond to his remote controls as well as hold a temporal
charge allowing it to travel through time.
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- Hymir, Kingdom of - hi-meer
- A land bordering on the Dark Sea.
King
Hymir was a treacherous king that Odin nevertheless wished to establish an alliance with,
and so sent Thor and Loki in a diplomatic mission that nearly ended in tragedy.
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- Ice Caves
- 1st appearance:
Thor #308
Frozen cave containing the Plague Cask.
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- Originally the Ice Giants controlled all the North, from Varinheim to Hel, but
Odin broke their power in
the early years of the age. Since then they have ruled Niffleheim,
but even there, the Storm Giants rampage through at
will.
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- Ida, Plains of -
eeda
- The vast, grassy plains that surround most of the city of Asgard. It is there that
Odin brought into
being all the gods of Asgard at the beginning of the age.
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- Iduna, Abode of -
ee-doona
- The
goddess of immortality lives beyond Asgard
on the southern shore of the Sea of Marmora, between the Enchanted Forest and the Norn Forest.
Every year she makes the perilous journey to Asgard to
bestow the apples of immortality on the gods of Asgard.
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Institute for Oneirological Research
- 1st appearance:
Thor #307
Institute dedicated to helping people with sleep disorders and the study of
dreaming, directed by Eugene
Beaumont.
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- Jennia Jewels
- 1st appearance:
Thor:Son of Asgard #4
Beautiful jewels that comes from the Mines of
Jennia. The jewels apparently feed on emotions, there is a saying
about them, "To possess too many, is to lose much more". The jewels are
actually the hearts of the Jennia
that have passed on.
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Jolena, Kingdom of - joel-enna
- A small territory in the midst of bleak Skornheim
ruled by Odin's one-time paramour, Jolena.
- Jotunheim -
yoot-un-hime
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery #112
- The Land of the
Storm Giants. It occupies a great space of land, though the land is mostly waste
(partly because of the giants own depredations.) It partially lies atop the
subterranean kingdom of their remote kin, the Trolls.
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Karnilla, Kingdom of
- See Norns, Caverns of
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- Knorda, Kingdom of - norda
- See Mountain Giants,
Kingdom of
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- Labyrinth of Terror
- 1st appearance:
Thor #342
Cavern in the side of a mountain in the
Last Viking Village. They created traps using spears, deadfalls
of rocks, spikes, bottomless pits, noxious fumes, flails, and volcanic
flames to test their skills since they no longer had any enemies to
battle.
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- Lake of Lilitha
- 1st appearance:
Thor:Son of Asgard #5
Mystic lake that Odin sent
Thor, Balder,
and Sif on a quest to draw some water from.
Thor had to get past
Leviathan to get there, but
it was dried up by Karnilla.
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- Lakstad
- 1st appearance:
Thor:Vikings #1
Small village on the west coast of Norway. In 1003, it was raided
and destroyed by Harald
Jaekelsson.
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- Last Viking Village
- 1st appearance:
Thor #342
Founded in 1066 after the defeat of
Harald
Hardraada. When
Harald
was slain in the invasion of England, his warriors scattered. Some
took their families and fled far along the southern coasts, raiding where
they could, living off the land. There were 7 dragon ships, but
storms and fighting cut them down, until 1 ship was driven by monstrous
waves to a land of perpetual ice, unknown to them. They took refuge
in a large fjord and found that it did not end but became a cavern out of
which flowed warm water. They followed the cavern through to
daylight, the ship struck a hidden rock and was lost. The survivors,
men and women, salvaged what they could and found that they had emerged in
a large valley surrounded by impassable walls, and there they stayed, as
did their children. They created the
Labyrinth of Terror to test their skills since they no longer had any
enemies to battle.
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- Levianon
- 1st appearance:
Thor #256
Gigantic ship, also called Worldship. It was inhabited by
people who were "attacked" by Sporr,
in in fact, Sporr was taking the
sick and old so it could care for them.
Or see here
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- Living Landslide
- 1st appearance:
Thor #344
Surrounded the trail to the Castle of Loki
from Asgard. The boulders that fall seem
almost alive and malevolent. After this, you had to cross through
the Forbidden Forest.
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- Living Mask
- 1st appearance:
Thor #179
Enchanted mask that switches faces between two
people.
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- Ljos-Alfar
- 1st appearance:
Thor #277
The real name of the Light Elves
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- Loom of the Fates
- 1st appearance:
Thor v2 #85
The Loom the Fates use to
weave the destiny of all Asgardians.
It was an endless circle through several Ragnaroks.
It may have been given to them by
Those Who Sit Above In Shadow.
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- Mace of the Myth Wars
- 1st appearance:
Thor #312
Powerful mace once used by Odin in the defense of
Asgard. It is rumored to be almost as powerful as
Mjolnir. Tyr
stole it and attacked Thor with it, but was
defeated.
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- Mangetu
- 1st appearance:
Thor v3 #4
African tribe in Umeme Mungu, led by
Ibo Abua, that are being attacked
and slaughtered by the Ngare, a neighboring tribe.
Dr Blake and
Dr Lereaux travel there
with
Doctors Without
Borders to
try and help them.
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Marmora, Sea of
- The Sea of Marmora has a branch that extends right up to the city
walls of Asgard itself. Situated on a plateau, the
Sea of Marmora's level is higher than that of Asgard. It has flooded Asgard more than once. The northern reaches of the sea
are regularly frozen, and Asgardians ice-fish there, using
reel-rifles.
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- Master Computer
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into
Mystery #102
Machine that controls the world in the 23rd Century from which
Zarrko
comes from
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- McCormick Place
- 1st appearance:
Thor #328
Chicago convention center and host to the 12th Annual Electronics Show.
Gregory Nettles tried to steal the
circuitry for a new video game, and was accidentally transformed into
Megatak. He then had his butt
handed to him by Sif and
Thor.
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- Mead of Poetry
- 1st appearance:
Thor #342
Mystically empowered mead, that gives the drinker great skills of eloquence
and poetry.
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- Megingjord -
meh-ghing-yord
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery #91
Thor's belt of strength. It is said to double his strength when
he wears it. In his youth, Thor needed the belt and iron gloves to hold
Mjolnir.
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- Menagerie
- 1st appearance:
Thor #320
Controlled and created by Rimthursar
and their spirits were stored in a silver chalice. It consisted of
Grult,
Borna,
Fairgold,
Kyrie, and
Slithgarn.
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- Menti-Horn
- 1st appearance:
Thor #139
Device used by Geirrodur to summon
Orikal.
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- Meta-Orb
- 1st appearance:
Stormbreaker #2
A device created by the Korbinites.
Developed using the same technology to transfer
Beta Ray Bill's soul into his cyborg body, it negated the need for ships
to carry their people if they ever needed to travel to a new planet. All
their souls would be transferred into the Meta-Orb and then ferried by
Skuttlebutt to a new home,
so no more fleet to protect. It was developed by the priests headed by
Rogotta, and the
Sheo-'Re.
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- Midgard
- Also known as Earth, the place where men dwell
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- Mines of Jennia
- 1st appearance:
Thor:Son of Asgard #4
Mines surrounded by a desert. It is the
source of the Jewels of Jennia, and where the
Jennia live.
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- Mirmir, Kingdom of
- The Kingdom of Mirmir is an island beyond the Sea of Space, surrounded by the Dark Sea.
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- Mirror of Finvarra
- 1st appearance:
Thor #377
Enchanted viewing mirror used by the Dark
Elves to view Midgard.
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- Mirror of Mycha
- 1st appearance:
Thor:Son of
Asgard #8
An enchanted mirror that, when the proper spells are cast upon it, will cause
the person who sees their reflection in it to fall hopelessly in love with the
person holding it. It's said that only a woman's touch can bring the
mirror to life.
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- Mjolnir - me-yol-near
- The mystic hammer of
Thor
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- Molten Chasm
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery #111
The home of Hardol the
Healer. There are many obstacles between Asgard
and the Molten Chasm, including the Swamps
of Endless Flame, the
Phantom Whose
Touch Means Death, the Forest of
Eternal Nightmare Plants, the Valley of
Swords, and finally the Valley of
Avalanches.
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- Mount of Eternity
- 1st appearance:
Thor Annual #2
Resting place of the Beacon of the Brave.
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- Mountain Giants, Kingdom of
- The Mountain Giants hold the mountains on the outer periphery of Asgard. They are ruled by Queen Knorda, who is normal
sized and quite beautiful. Since her defeat at
Odin's hands, the Giants have been
less of a threat, but still periodically ravage parts of Asgard.
- Muspelheim -
moo-spell-hime
- The Land of Fire to the south of Asgard. At the beginning of the age, it was the land
where Surtur ruled. It was left nearly uninhabited when
Odin subdued him and
banished him to the depths.
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- Mystic Mountain
- A giant stalactite hanging in a cavern below the Glowing Desert, it
contains the city of Zanadu. It was once ruled by a being
called Mogul, who enslaved the people of
Hogun the Grim. Upon his defeat, it became
the realm of King Alibar, a former thief.
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Naglfar - nahgel-fahr
- 1st appearance:
Thor #362
The biggest of all ships and the one that will ferry the enemies of
the Aesir, including the
sons of Muspel, to battle from the east
during Ragnarok. It is said to be made from the fingernails
of the dead.
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- Narcisson (pic)
- 1st appearance: Thor vol 2 #9
Home of the Dark Gods.
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- Nastrond
- A wasteland to the north and east, Nastrond was the home of
King
Fafnir, a sorcerer who became a dragon and once turned Nastrond into a desert. With
the vanquishing of Fafnir, rain came again to Nastrond, and it is now a green and pleasant
place.
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- Needful
- 1st appearance:
Thor #296
Enchanted sword placed in a tree by a disguised Odin
until it could be reclaimed by
Siegmund. No one else could remove the sword from the tree. It
was possibly some aspect of Mjolnir.
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- New Korbin
- 1st appearance:
Stormbreaker #1
The new homeworld of Beta Ray Bill's
people, the Korbinites.
Shortly after arriving there, it was destroyed by
Galactus.
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- New Men
- 1st appearance:
Thor #134
Evolved animals created by the High
Evolutionary. After being trained, they may become
Knights of Wundagore
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- Ngare
- 1st appearance:
Thor v3 #4
Tribe living in Umeme Mungu, Africa. They
have been attacking the neighboring Mangetu tribe.
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- Nidavellir
- 1st appearance:
Thor #339
Home of the dwarves, accessible by
the hidden path through the mountains of Ullthang.
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- Niflheim - nifel-hime
- See Ice Giants,
Land of
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- Nightmare Plants, Forest of
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery #111
A vast belt of plants, some carnivorous, some emitting
hallucinogenic gas, which stretches across Skornheim and also
surrounds the home of Hardol the Healer.
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- Nine Worlds map of the nine worlds
- The nine worlds that make up the universe are Asgard, Vanaheim, Alfheim, Nidavellir, Midgard, Jotunheim, Svartalfheim, Hel,
and Muspelheim. All of them are supported by Yggdrasil.
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- Nirvana
- 1st appearance:
Thor #301
Nirvana is the highest plane of existence in the Hindu religion. In the Marvel
Universe, Nirvana is the name of the home of the Hindu gods.
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- Norn Forest
- The great forest lying on the southern border of the Sea of Marmora, beneath which lies the Kingdom of the Norns.
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- Norn Stones
- 1st mentioned:
Journey Into
Mystery #116
Enchanted stones belonging to Karnilla, but often used in schemes by
Loki, and later used by Sif
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- Norn, Caverns of
- The caverns which lie in part beneath the Norn
Forest, which border on the domain of the Trolls.
The Norns are ruled by Karnilla, whose relationship to the
Three Norns (the Norse
Fates) has never been revealed.
Nornheim- Kingdom of the Norns, ruled by
Karnilla.
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Nornkeep
- 1st appearance:
Thor #344
Fortress carved from the living rock and home of
Karnilla
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- Odincasket
- 1st appearance:
Thor v3 #7
Created by Falki. He started work
on it when Odin was still alive. It contains
enchantments that create a state between life and death, so it will reduce
the time needed in the Odinsleep. Once closed
from within, it cannot be broken by any force of men or gods, and it
cannot be opened again except from within.
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- Odinpower
- Also known as the Odinforce. It was created
when Odin's brothers,
Vili and
Ve, gave their lives so that
Odin could escape with the
Odinsword from Surtur.
It has been shown on occasion to have it's own form of sentience, and
grants the bearer virtually unlimited power.
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- Odinsleep
- 1st mentioned:
Journey Into
Mystery #118
A mystic sleep that Odin must enter into for one full day each year
to replenish his power
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- Odinsword
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into
Mystery #117
Also known as the Oversword of Asgard. It is a gigantic sword once
owned by Surtur and stolen by
Odin and his brothers
Vili and
Ve. If
it is ever removed from it's scabbard, it is said the universe will end.
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- Oil of Vision
- 1st appearance:
Thor #347
Allows mortals to see through faerie sorcery.
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- Olympia
- 1st appearance:
Thor #287
Home of the
Eternals. They were often confused with the
Greek gods as their
names were similar. (Zeus =
Zuras). You can see more information
about Olympia and the Eternals
here.
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- Olympus
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into
Mystery Annual #1
See here
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- Orb of Orikal
- 1st appearance:
Thor #138
Pouch from Orikal's other
universe, which can negate the enchantments on
Mjolnir. It was used by the
Trolls to capture the
mystic hammer.
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- Pangoria
- 1st appearance:
Thor #387
Planet that Thor crashes on, destined for judgment by the
Celestials.
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Path of Shattered Dreams
- 1st appearance:
Thor v2 #45
Lies at the edge of the domain of the
Enchanters, where those in great need or suffering
go to ask favor of the gods of magic. Such favor is supposedly granted when one
leaps into the breach.
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- Phoenix of Freedom
- 1st appearance:
Thor #260
Formerly known as the Bird of Prey.
It was renamed after it's former slave crew took it over.
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- Pillar of Sovereignty
- 1st appearance:
Thor #267
Enormous pillar, which was constructed in honor of
Odin. Balder
personally oversaw the construction
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- Pillars of Utgard
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into
Mystery #121
Two stone outcroppings in the Sea of Fear.
It is said that to sail between them means instant destruction
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- Place of Judgment
- 1st appearance:
Thor #277
Rock where Loki is chained with a serpent over his
head, dripping venom onto his face.
Sigyn was given
permission by Odin, to sit by his side and catch
some of the venom, but she cannot catch all of it.
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- Plague Cask
- 1st appearance:
Thor #308
Enchanted cask that contains all the captured evils of
Asgard, bound by Karnilla's spell.
Odin trapped the
Snow Giant inside it before
Thor was born. It was hidden in the
Ice Caves until Loki and
Karnilla freed it.
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- Plain of Vigrid
- 1st appearance:
Thor #348
Where the host of Asgard waits for
Odin after being assembled for war by the
Warriors Three
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- Plateau of Silence
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery #118
Plateau in Vietnam, that hid the Temple of
Darkness
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- Pool of Peace
- 1st appearance:
Thor #140
Royal bathing place of Odin
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- Prison of No Escape
- 1st appearance:
Thor #349
Prison in Asgard, that nothing can escape out of
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- Project 13
- 1st appearance:
Thor #271
Doomsday device that could devastate the world. It is held in
reserve by SHIELD in case of dire emergency.
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- Proton Coagulant Ray
- 1st appearance:
Thor #131
Weapon used by the Rigellians that causes a cage of unshatterable proton
particles to form around it's target
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- Psyche-Search Gauge
- 1st appearance:
Thor #134
Device used by the Rigellians to
find a person by their life force aura. One was given to
Thor to help him find
Jane Foster in
Mount Wundagore
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Ragnarok
- The end of the old world, also known as "The Twilight of the
Gods". To be preceded by the Fimbul-winter.
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- Rainbow Bridge
- See Bifrost
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- Realm Below
- 1st appearance:
Thor #252
Underground area of Asgard, guarded by a cyclopean
dragon with a ruby eye.
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- Reel-Rifle
- 1st appearance:
Thor #128
Harpoon-like rifle used by Asgardians to hunt
Beast-Fish in the Sea of Marmora.
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- Rhinegold
- 1st appearance:
Thor #294
The remains of Mjolnir, after it is hurled to
Midgard by Magni and
Modi, after one of the cycles of
Ragnarok. It was guarded by the
Rhine Maidens, and it had
magical properties. There was a curse put on it by
Alberich, after it was stolen from
him. The curse was that misery would come to those who possessed it,
until it was returned to him.
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- Rhun
- 1st named:
Thor #220
One of the Black Stars,
along with four others. It was the only one of the five that was still
inhabited, the others having died off without Rhun's knowledge.
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- Ring Imperial
- 1st appearance:
Thor #175
Odin's ring that signifies the ruler of
Asgard.
By Odin's own decree, he that wears the ring, let no one say him nay.
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- Ring of Power
- 1st appearance:
Thor #295
Powerful mystic ring of unknown abilities, made from the
Rhinegold. The only things known about it are that it can change
size to fit it's wearer perfectly, and the only person who can remove it is
the person who put it on, even after the wearer's death. It's original
owner, Alberich, put a curse on
the ring, that anyone who wore it would know misery until it was returned to
him. It and the Tarnhelm were forged by
Mime.
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- Ringsfjord -
rings-fyord
- A land in the far distant east, bordering on an unnamed northern
sea, where Balder and Sif once encountered the fearsome entities as the
Enchanters.
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- Ritual of Steel
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into Mystery #125
Trial by which a warrior is attacked without end. If they survive, the
win.
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- Rivvak, Kingdom of
- A land immediately to the south of Asgard,
separated by the Asgard Mountains and the Boiling Plain. Originally the home of a people led
by Rampok the Rebel, it is now known by the name of his successor,
Rivvak the Fearless.
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- Rock Trolls, Land of
- A mountainous area to the extreme south, inhabited by degenerate
beings, into whose grasp Odin banished the traitor
Seidring.
- Runes
- check out Woden's Rune of
the Week Archive
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- Runestaff Dimension
- 1st appearance:
Thor #335
The Runestaff dimension is a pocket universe within which the souls and bodies (but not
minds) of those sentient beings whose knowledge is absorbed by the Runestaff are
transported. The Runestaff's primary wielder,
Kamo Tharnn the Possessor, trapped
hundreds of beings in this dimension, where they existed without consciousness for untold
years. They were then mystically transferred into
Tharnn's own body, and released
through the efforts of the Asgardians
Thor and Sif.
Thor's mortal paramour
Jane
Foster was among the beings once trapped. The Runestaff dimension's topography is
subject to the wielder.
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- Ry-Leph
- 1st mentioned:
Thor #218
Rigellian version of Utopia
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- San Diablo
- 1st appearance:
Journey Into
Mystery #84
Small country ruled over by the communist dictator,
the Executioner
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- Savoy Hotel
- 1st appearance:
Thor #309
Hotel destroyed by the Bombardiers.
They were hired by the owner to demolish it, along with the
Belnord Arms, so he could collect the insurance
money. Max Yadow was
killed here, but his pet cat Amos
avenged him by helping Thor.
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- Sheo-'Re
- 1st appearance:
Thor #338, 1st
named:
Stormbreaker #1
The scientific cabal that created both
Alpha Ray and
Beta Ray Bill.
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- A small wood that adjoins the southern position o
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